Country
Seychelles Peru
Leader
Population
90,024 29,549,517
Life Expectancy
73.770 years 72.730 years
Capital City
Victoria Lima
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.788 GDP per capita $25,000 US $10,200 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 29.2% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 2.000% 7.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
republic constitutional republic
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 28 July 1821 (from Spain) Religions Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.) Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal External Debt $1,470,000,000 $ $36,980,000,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.000% 1.500% Beijing Olympics Medal Count Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador Area 455 km sq 1,285,216 km sq Coastline 491 km 2,414 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
